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Glasshead grenadier
Hymenocephalus italicus
The glasshead grenadier (Hymenocephalus italicus) is a species of fish in the family Macrouridae.
From the article Glasshead grenadier on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
Description
The glasshead grenadier has a measurement of up to 25 cm (9.8 in). Its snout is obtuse and projects slightly beyond the mouth. Its barbel is small, and its scales are thin, deciduous, spiny and large.
Range & habitat
The glasshead grenadier lives in the Atlantic Ocean; it is benthopelagic, living at depths of 100–1,400 m (330–4,590 ft).
Wikipedia: “Habitat”
What it does
The glasshead grenadier feeds on pelagic copepods, euphausiids and gammarid amphipods, shrimp, ostracods, cumaceans and other small crustaceans.
== References ==
Wikipedia: “Behaviour”
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 120636.